Hardly a modern invention, the electric car has a long history. Interest has boomeranged over the years based on consumer trends and economics.

Hello, everyone! In 1799, an Italian scientist named Alessandro Volta invented electricity, and one and a half centuries ...

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Aurora Energy has publicly launched a device invented by its employees to detect a dangerous electrical fault that has challenged the electricity industry worldwide for decades. The world-first ...

Phones are integral to the everyday lives of most people, but who should be regarded as the device's mastermind? The Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell is routinely credited as the inventor of the ...

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The Secondary Generators of Messrs. Gaulard and Gibbs HITHERTO there have been two means employed for electric illumination and the electric transmission of energy—viz. supplying the electricity ...